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Subject: Changing of the Guard: New Incoming Resident Director at the ACMS

Dear ACMS members and friends,

We are writing to introduce you to Marc Tasse, who is the new Resident
Director for the ACMS office and Research Library in Ulaanbaatar. David
Tinnin, our Resident Director for the past year and a half will be
returning to field biology work, the exciting life that brought him to
Mongolia on several projects in the past.

Below you will find a short message from Marc, offering an introduction,
and a farewell from David, with his contact information. I encourage
you to visit our office or contact Marc via email. He will be continuing
the tradition of service the ACMS offers to visiting academics, and
building new ties to Mongolian and international organizations and
companies to ensure the continued operation of the ACMS.

The ACMS wants to thank David Tinnin for the excellent service and
support he offered to scholars visiting Mongolia over the past year, and
to wish him well with his new research projects.

"It’s been just over a week since my arrival in Ulaanbaatar, it is a
pleasure to find the time and introduce myself as the new Resident
Director for the American Center for Mongolian Studies. I am both
excited and humbled by the task at hand. The ACMS has been an active
and respected member of the local community, something I aim to maintain
and foster during my time here. As the first Canadian Director for the
ACMS, I hope that I can live up to the legacy left by my predecessors.
This is my third tour through Asia, the first being a three- month term
in Thailand as a volunteer research assistant with some time spent as a
resident in a local Buddhist monastery. The second was a 6 year term in
South Korea, working as an international trade consultant as well as
getting heavily involved in the local traditional culture scene. I have
also been involved in the direction of several non-profit and community
organizations, both in Canada and overseas.
I have recently come out of a three-year work sabbatical, during which I
completed a Masters of Global Management from Royal Roads University
and a Masters in International Business Administration for the Munich
University of Applied Science, I was searching for an opportunity that
would combine my experience in international management, passion for
learning, and intrigue in traditional Asian cultures. Being the Resident
Director of the ACMS fulfills all of these requirements and more.
During the next few months I will be working on strengthening our
relationships with the local academic, NGO, government and private
sectors in order to facilitate the activities of our members and the
research community. By developing new relationships I hope to expand
the options available and discover new areas where the ACMS can have an
impact.
I look forward to hearing from all of you suggestions on how the ACMS
can continue to grow and fulfill its mission of supporting the
development of Mongolian Studies and academic exchanges." -Marc Tasse
You can contact Marc at mtasse@mongoliacenter.org.

Next steps for Dr. David Tinnin

"After a delightful one and a half years spent as the Resident Director
of the Ulaanbaatar office of the ACMS, I am returning to the field and
laboratory to continue my biological research. After many years in
Mongolia spent rushing to get to the field, it has been a pleasure for
me to get the chance to meet so many of the other researchers and
students conducting fascinating work here. Of course, it was usually
while they were rushing to get to the field to conduct their own work.
From our numerous discussions, as well as from helping to track down
research material, I’ve learned an incredible amount from the members
who work across many disciplines. Thanks to one member looking for
material, I actually got to see the Mongolian version of the acclaimed
comic book Asterix the Gaul. Who could beat that? Thank you to all the
members, good luck with your work, and take care." -David S. Tinnin
Dr. Tinnin can be contacted at: dtinnin@unl.edu.
Address: W529 Nebraska Hall University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588

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